Repeating torpedo-cane.



PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

No. 773,635. H. POX.

REPEATING TO'RPEDO CANE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.21. 1903.

NO MODEL.

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UNiTieio STATns Patented November 1, 1904:.

PATENT Orrrcn.

J OHN.H. FOX, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE M. POTTER, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO.

REPEATING TORPEDO-CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,635, dated November1, 1904.. Application filed December 21, 1903. Serial No. 185,920. (Nomodel.)

To (71, whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Fox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Repeating Torpedo-Canes;and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to repeating torpedocanes; and the inventionconsists in the construction and combination of parts substantially asshown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevationof my new and improved cane; and Fig. 2 is a plain elevation thereof,the handle being broken off in both views. Fig. 3 is a cross-section ona line corresponding to m 00, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a plain elevation ofthe plunger and a section of the handle socketed therein.

In the drawings, the part A represents an explosion-head or head havingan explosionchamber in its lower portion and in which the bottom 2 ofthe head is closed and constitutes an anvil upon which the torpedo isstruck by the plunger, and one or more exhaust-open ings 3 are providedjust over this bottom to discharge the products of the explosion. Thesaid head is preferably a cast membersay of malleable iron or othermetal of a suitable qualityand is further characterized by a tubularmagazine L, projecting outwardly and upwardly at its top into a planeparallel to the handle B and fairly close'thereto and of such size orlength as to contain a charge of torpedoes 5 and more or feweraccordingto size. Directly beneath this extension there is a side space6 or space out of line with the plunger provided with a vent-opening 7in or near its top adapted to prevent possible backfiring from theexplosion-chamber to the magazine. The side space 6 has an inclinedlower surface upon which the cartridges roll or slide promptly into theexplosion-chamber as they are liberated one by one from above, and thesaid inclined surface terminates -a sufficient duce a comparativelyclose-fitting chamber for plunger O beneath the same when the blowoccurs.

Now in order that the cartridges shall be fed to the explosion-chamberone at a time and regularly with each explosion I provide the plungerwith a cavity 8 in its side directly opposite the mouth of the magazineand in such relation thereto and of such size as to receive a singlecartridge and no more each time the plunger is raised to its upwardlimit, While the plunger has its discharge from said cavity into theside space 6 when it reaches its downward limit of thrust, as seen indotted lines, Fig. 1. In other words, the instant an explosion occursanother cartridge is dropped into the side space 6 ready to pass intothe explosion-chamber upon the raising of plunger O, and when theplunger is raised it at once receives another cartridge in cavity 8.Thus two cartridges are delivered, one for explosion and one in theplunger-cavity, and this is continuous and unfailing as long as a chargeof cartridges lasts. Thus I am enabled to keep up as rapid firing as itis physically possible to operate the plunger, a rate which is so quickas to quite-blend the sound of the explosions. This rapid firing and theconsequent intense heat generated makes the vent 7 of very materialimportance, for otherwise there would be constant danger of back-firinginto the magazine and possible accident on that account.

The handle is socketed in plunger O, and. said plunger is confined uponand within head A and in a sliding relation thereto by means of a screw9, engaged in the plunger, through a lengthwise slot 10 in the head.

The drawings as filed herewith represent the device in full size.

From the foregoing description the operation of the cane is obvious. Forall practical purposes the head A might be fixed or stationary and theplunger reciprocated therein. Each downward stroke of the plunger bothcauses an explosion and carries down another torpedo, which drops intothe explosion-chainher the instant the plunger is raised to repeat ablow. As this occurs the cavity or pocket in the plunger receivesanother torpedo from the magazine, and so on. The feed of the torpedoesgoes on automatically from cavity 8 in the cane through side space 6, asalready described.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination of the plunger having acartridge-reeeiving cavity in its side and a handle to operate theplunger, vith the head slidably suspended from the plunger and providedwith a cartridge-receiving extension at its top in a plane outside saidplunger and with the mouth thereof in position to register with thecavity in the plunger, and a side space in the head having avent-opening and in position to direct the cartridges into theexplosion-chamber, substantially as described.

2. In torpedo-canes, a head for the cane provided with anexplosion-chamber in its bottom and a magazine extension at its topoutside the plane of the head and a side space for transferring thecartridges from'the magazine to said chamber, in combination with theplunger provided with a cavity to transfer the torpedoes from themagazine to said side space, substantially as described.

3." In a repeating torpedo-cane, a head having an explosion-chamber anda cartridgemagazine integral with the upper portion thereof and outsideits axis, in combination with a plunger slidably engaged in said headand provided with a cavity in its side to register with the bottom ofthe said magazine, the said head having at its side beneath the magazinea side space to deliver the torpedoes into the explosion-chamber,substantially as described.

4. In torpedo-canes, a head provided with an explosion-chamber and amagazine integral therewith outside the axisof said chamber,and aplunger slidably engaged with said head and constructed with a space toreceive and trans fer one torpedo at a time from said magazine to theexplosion-chamber, and a handle secured to said plunger, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN H. FOX.

Witnesses:

R. B. Moms, (1. A. SELL.

